Stingy Jack*

Q: What do 30,000 Jack-O-Lanterns + 60,000 Bostonians + 1 Boston Common equal?

A: Boston’s Annual Jack-O-Lantern Festival!

Two years ago, The Big Guy and I went on our second date to the Jack-O-Lantern Festival on Boston Common and fell in love…this year we were joined by my Mom, The Kruckenberg Family and what felt like half the residents of Boston. While not as romantic, we all had a spectacular time and were amazed at the impressive (record breaking?) turn out of people and jacks.

This year Boston is attempting to smash the current world jack-o-lantern record by lighting 30,000 jacks on the Common. Our New England neighbor to the north, Keene, NH, presently holds the record with 28,952 glowing jacks in 2003. In an attempt to keep the record in Keene, they held a festival tonight as well where they hoped to light 30,000 jacks of their own.

Final count numbers are still not in, and whether record breaking or not, the Common Jack-O-Lantern Festival is always a fun and incredible sight to see; enjoy the pictures:

(Many Jacks)

(Many More Jacks)

(Tower of Jacks)

(Family: Heidi, Saul, Joe, Holli, Johanna, Ezra, Mike, Mom)

(Joe & Holli)

* Find out who Stingy Jack is and learn why we celebrate Halloween with Jack-O-Lanterns by clicking on either word.

ADDENDUM Posted 11:58 PM: Boston won the world record with 30,128 Jacks lit on the Common!